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PH coronavirus deaths average 40 a day from Sept 1-5

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 06 04:02 PM

The Philippines is recording an average of 40 COVID-19 related deaths per day in the first week of September, the Department of Health said Monday. Read more »

Areas outside NCR record more COVID-19 fatalities

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 01:05 AM

More COVID-19 fatalities are reported in several areas outside Metro Manila. Read more »

PH COVID-19 case fatality rate climbs to highest level since April

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 08 11:04 PM

Active COVID-19 cases in the Philippines are declining, but the case fatality rate now is at its highest since April.  Read more »

Thai authorities propose tighter curbs as COVID-19 deaths climb

Reuters
Posted at Jul 08 03:08 PM

Thailand's health ministry said Thursday it had proposed new travel curbs and tighter restrictions in high-risk areas to contain COVID-19 cases, as the country reported a daily record of 75 deaths from the coronavirus. Read more »

Archdiocese of Manila, nag-alay ng misa para sa mga nasawi dahil sa COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 08 08:12 PM

Sa gitna ng patuloy na lumolobong bilang ng mga tinatamaan ng COVID-19 sa bansa at patuloy na pagdami ng mga namamatay dahil sa virus, nag-alay naman ng misa ang Archdiocese of Manila para sa kanila. Read more »

Brazil sets new daily COVID-19 death record, as hospital supplies run low

Reuters
Posted at Apr 09 08:20 AM

Brazil on Thursday set a new record of 4,249 coronavirus deaths in a day, as the country nears record levels of deaths seen in the United States. Read more »

Reported COVID-19 deaths in PH reach record-high daily average of 117 — gov’t data

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 09 12:09 AM

MANILA — For the last 7 days, the Philippines has been logging an average of 117 COVID-related deaths daily, based on government data.   Read more »

Mexico passes 200,000 COVID deaths

Sofia Miselem, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 26 03:43 PM

Mexico on Thursday became the world's third country to surpass 200,000 coronavirus deaths, as fears grew of another wave of infections after Easter. Read more »

DOH: PSA’s 27k COVID death count for 2020 include suspect, probable cases

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 17 03:03 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Wednesday explained that probable and suspect COVID-19 cases were included in the Philippine Statistics Authority's tally of over 27,000 coronavirus deaths last year, over twice the department's current count.  Read more »

COVID-19: Chinese scientists find selenium may be a dirty secret behind low infection rates

Stephen Chen, South China Morning Post
Posted at Mar 10 12:53 PM

Researchers delve into theory that high selenium presence in the soil corresponds with higher human immunity. But scientists say more research is needed and warn of dangers associated with excessive intake and taking selenium without medical advice.  Read more »

Brazil's COVID-19 death toll passes a quarter million

Reuters
Posted at Feb 26 07:24 AM

Brazil's COVID-19 outbreak has killed 251,498 people, the Health Ministry reported on Thursday, as it reported 1,541 deaths in the past 24 hours, the second-highest daily death toll since the pandemic hit the country a year ago. Read more »

Apart from Wuhan, China’s death rates didn’t rise at start of COVID-19 pandemic, study finds

Jack Lau, South China Morning Post
Posted at Feb 25 04:25 PM

A new study has found death rates did not rise in China at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, except in the ground-zero city of Wuhan where the outbreak was first reported.   Read more »

Mexico's COVID-19 death toll surpasses India, becomes world's third highest

Reuters
Posted at Jan 29 02:47 PM

Mexico has surpassed India in confirmed COVID-19 deaths, giving the Latin American country the third-highest toll worldwide, according to a Reuters tally of official data.   Read more »

China COVID-19 cases surge to over 10-month high; travel discouraged

Reuters
Posted at Jan 15 02:38 PM

China reported the highest number of daily COVID-19 cases in more than 10 months, official data showed on Friday, due to a severe outbreak in the northeast that has put more than 28 million people under lockdown. Read more »

US COVID-19 death toll hits new daily record of nearly 4,500: Johns Hopkins

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 13 11:52 AM

The US death toll from COVID-19 hit a new daily record of nearly 4,500, Johns Hopkins University said Tuesday evening. Read more »

US logs more than 3,900 COVID deaths in new 24-hour record: Johns Hopkins

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 06 11:23 AM

The United States broke its own record for the number of daily deaths from COVID-19 yet again Tuesday, recording 3,936 fatalities in 24 hours, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins university. Read more »

Dutch COVID death toll much higher than reported in 1st wave - statistics agency

Reuters
Posted at Oct 01 03:53 PM

At least 10,000 people in the country of 17 million are likely to have died of COVID-19 during the first wave of infections between March and June, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) said. Read more »

Coronavirus death toll in Asia tops 100,000

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 03 07:09 PM

In terms of fatalities, India is the most affected country with nearly three-quarters of total deaths in the region -- 67,376 deaths from 3,853,406 cases. Read more »

Manila cemetery offers free cremation for local residents who succumbed to COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 07:39 PM

The Manila North Cemetery is offering free cremation services for residents of Manila City who succumbed to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), city mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso said Tuesday. Read more »

Expect more COVID-19 deaths next month, infectious disease experts say as PH cases rise

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 19 02:54 AM

MANILA — With more than 3,000 cases reported daily since the start of the month, infectious disease experts said on Tuesday that they are expecting higher number of deaths to be reported as well. Read more »